The Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

October 1, 1983

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The Republicani

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Springfield, Massachusetts

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Saturday, October 1, 1983

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4

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22 Daily News Saturday Oct 1 1983 Recorder Vincent DeStefano Search And Musician Was Manager Pushed Walesa Statement DEATHS In Memoriam Holly and Minor Loving 1 Roland McConnell WINCHENDON Roland McConnell Sr 81 of 169 Main St retired fireman for New England Woodenwear Corp died riday in Henry Heywood Memorial Hospital Gardner He was a lifelong resident of Winchendon He leaves his wife of 55 years the former Dorothy Landers two sons Roland Jr and Alton both of Winchendon three daughters Phyllis Sauter and Joyce A Keib both of West Spring field and Thelma Whitney of Ware 15 grandchildren and five great grandchildren The funeral will be Monday afternoon at Snow Ladeau uneral Home 343 Central St with burial in Riverside Cemetery tai School of Nursing in 1933 She was a member of Second Baptist Church and the Christian Church in Creston She leaves a brother Richard of Creston and two sisters Leona Taylor of Holyoke and Erma She pard of air Hope Ala The funeral will be Monday morning at Edward Day uneral Home with burial in orestdale Cemetery Donations may be made to the Second Baptist Church PALMER Anna Ziemba 90 of 390 Main St in the Three Rivers section died riday at Springfield Hospital after an extended illness Born here she had owned and operated our Corners Service Sta tion until her retirement 15 years ago She was a communicant of Sts Peter and Paul Church Cynthia Barkett of Longmeadow three brothers John of Agawam Michael of Springfield and Donald of Pittsburgh two sisters Rose Por ter of Springfield and Katherine Abodeeb of West Springfield and four grandchildren The funeral will be Monday morning at St Pierre Son uneral Home and in the church with burial in St Cemetery the natural history of AIDS and identifying factors which may be responsible" Dr John Phair chief of infectious diseases said he believes we nationally develop approaches to therapy that we will be able to develop in the context of the five centers a treatment trial But too early to say what it Catherine Couchiaftis Catherine (Varelas) Cou chiaftis 71 of 67 Maryland St Springfield died riday at home Born in Boston she lived in Spring field most of her life She was a member of Greek Orthodox Cathe dral of St George and West Spring field Chapter 144 Order of the East ern Star She leaves her husband James Couchiaftis and a son George of Springfield The funeral will be Monday in the church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Dickinson Streeter uneral Service Inc is in charge Ernest Laliberte HOLYOKE Ernest Lali berte 57 of 130 High St former roofing laborer for roofing com panies died Thursday in Veterans Administration Medical Center Leeds section of Northampton A lifelong resident of Holyoke he was a Navy veteran of World War II and communicant of Immaculate Conception Church He leaves five brothers George of Chicopee Edward Joseph and Gerald all of Holyoke and rancis of Michigan three sisters Lillian Beauvais of Oklahoma lorence Beals of Holyoke and Ruth Lamothe of Chi copee The funeral will be Monday morning at Arthur Brunelle uneral Home Chicopee and in the church with burial in Notre Dame Cemetery South Hadley CHICOPEE The Chicopee Club Human Resource Center will begin its activities program Sunday with a flea market and adult ceramics The flea market will be held from 10 am to 5 pm and adult ceramics will be from 6 to 8 pm at the club 580 Meadow St Senior fitness classes will be held Monday at 9 am Other activities include arts and crafts a billiards tournament indoor soccer boxing exercise sessions and a gun safety course from 6:30 to 8:30 pm There will also be meetings of the club newspaper at 4 pm and the junior staff at 6:30 pm She leaves a brother Walter of Monson two sisters Katherine White and Emily Ziemba both of Palmer and several nieces and nephews The funeral will be Monday from Belanger uneral Home 67 Main St followed by a liturgy of Chris tian burial in the church and burial in St Cemetery ENIELD Mitchell Halgas 64 of 11 Mathewson Ave died Thursday at his home Born in Lud low he had lived in the Enfield com munity for the last 45 years He was proprietor of the Halgas Shoe Repair in Enfield His death brings to an end more than three generations of Halgas shoemakers that began more than 100 years ago with his grandfather in Poland He played and composed for many local well known orchestras during the early 1950s He was a commuicant of St Adal Church in Enfield He is survived by his widow Catherine (Borowiec) Halgas his mother Ludwika (Kaczmarski) Halgas both of Enfield two broth ers Stanley of Enfield and Chester of Burlington NJ three sisters Stella Stass Edwina Samborski and Steffie Jackobek all of Enfield uneral services will be Monday from the Leete uneral Home 125 Pearl St and in St Church Burial will be in the parish cemetery TOKYO (AP) A month after Korean Air Lines light 007 was shot out of the sky by Soviet war planes US and Soviet vessels are still searching for the wreckage including the elusive flight recorders ive US ships and 11 Soviet ves sels were seen today near Moneron Hiroshi Kijima of Maritime Safety Agency said However they were unable to carry out search opera tions due to rough seas and high winds this morning Kijima said He added there were no indications either side had discovered any wreckage Meanwhile Japanese authorities riday called off their hunt for wreckage of the South Korean jet liner that was shot down Sept 1 with 269 people aboard when it flew into Soviet airspace over Sakhalin Island north of Japan intensive search efforts have failed to find anything since Sept 23 so we decided to cease our search efforts in the Sea of Kijima said today However time may have run out since the flight data recorder and co*ckpit voice recorder may already have stopped emitting signals from the rocky uneven undersea terrain north of Japan The recorders could give some idea about what happened in the final minutes the aircraft was aloft US Navy Rear Adm William co*ckell Jr told reporters last week the recorders are guaranteed to emit a sound that can be picked up by sonar equipment for at least 30 days The plane was shot down 30 days ago today US officials have repeatedly refused to say how long they plan to continue the search CHICAGO (UPI) The National Institutes of Health will sponsor a $297 million major AIDS research project to study 1000 hom*osexually active men at various risk stages for developing the mysterious disease The federal government already funds similar projects at the Univer sity of California in Berkeley Uni versity of Southern California in Los Angeles Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the University of Pittsburgh The four year study in Chicago will be conducted by the Howard Brown Memorial Clinic which serves the hom*osexual community and Northwestern University Medi cal School The purpose of the project is to study the natural history of acquired immune deficiency syndrome an often fatal disease which breaks down the immune system The disease most often strikes sex ually active hom*osexual men overall goal is to understand the history of the epidemiology of Dr David Ostrow the principal investigator said at a riday news conference Joan Sander Chmiel in charge of statistics for the Chicago study said its data combined with those at the other four medical centers form a national data base defining Nancy Earthbany a son Joseph of Springfield two daughters Winchester Square Senior Center is offering a number of activities this fall for persons 60 and over Bowling will be held on Mondays at 12:30 pm beginning Oct 3 cake decorating classes will be held Thursdays at 10 am beginning Oct 6 and fitness classes will continue every riday at 10:30 am Also reservations are being accepted for a trip to Atlantic City in December or more information contact center director Dorothy Brown The Center is located in the Winchester Square Community Building 756 State St lorence A Brouillette CHICOPEE lorence A (oy) Brouillette 92 of Volpe Drive retired employee of Crocker McCellan Paper Mills died riday in a local nursing home Born in Rouses Point NY she lived in Chi copee 10 years Her husband regus Brouillette died in 1974 She was a member of the Ladies Guild of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Holyoke She leaves a son Ernest of California a daughter Irene Paquette of Chicopee brother Nor mand Lortie of Whitehall NY and nine grandchildren The funeral will be Monday morning at Messier ar rell uneral Home Holyoke and in the church with burial in Notre Dame Cemetery South Hadley The participants of the study will fall into four categories a low risk group without AIDS or AIDS related symptoms a high risk group with symptoms AIDS patients with sarcoma or opportunistic infections and those in close contact with AIDS patients They will be evaluated at regular intervals The clinic will provide screening medical and testing ser vices Northwestern will conduct immunologic testing and provide and data management The study will allow researchers to a repository of specimens and data obtained from both healthy men and persons eventually devel oping AIDS The specimens will cover a time course sufficiently long to allow observation of processes which both precede and follow con tact with an assumed agent or officials said COUCHIATIS In Springfield September 30 Catherine Couchiaftis 71 of 67 Maryland St Wife of James Couchiaftis uneral In the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St George Monday at 11 am Calling hours at the Dickison Streeter uneral Home Satur day 7 9 and Sunday 24 and 7 9 pm Interment Ip Oakgrove Cemetery Born in New York City he lived in Springfield 10 years and in Leba non five years He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War He leaves his wife the former Jean Ann Grazious two sons Richard and David both at home his parents Vincent and Lillian (Gebo) DeStefano of Springfield and a sister Patricia Pacosa of Wilbraham The funeral will be Monday morning at Ratell uneral Home and in Immaculate Conception Church with burial in St Aloysius Cemetery Donations may be made to the church HALGAS In Enfield Sept 29 Mitchell Halgas 64 of 11 Mathewson Ave Enfield Husband of Cath erine (Borowiec) Son of Mrs Ludwika (Kaczmarski) Halgas Brother of Stanley Chester Halgas Mrs Stella Sass Mrs Edwina Samdorskl Mrs Steffie Jackobek uneral Monday Leete unral Home 125 Pearl St Liturgy of Christian burial 10am St Adalberts Church Burial SI Adalberts Cemetery Visiting hours are Saturday 7 9 Sunday 2 4 7 9 BROUILLETTE In Chicopee September 30 lorence (oy) Brouillette uneral Monday 9 am at the Messier arrell uneral Home followed by a lituragy of Chris tian burial In Our Lady of Per petual Help at 10 with burial in Notre Dame Cemetery Calling hours Sunday 2 4 and 7 9 pm NORTHAMPTON Grace (Mooney) Bachand 78 of Daytona Beach la formerly of Leeds and retired employee in the local office of New England Telephone Co died jiday at home I She was the wife of former Ward 7 'City Councilor Lucius Bachand Born in Northampton she lived many years on Grove Avenue then lorida 10 years and continued to visit Northampton each summer She attended Northampton schools and was a graduate of the former St High School She was a member of Telephone Pioneers of America Besides her husband she leaves thpee sisters Elizabeth Canova of Allentown Pa and Mary Organ and Alice Henchey both of Northampton The funeral will be Monday at Reynolds uneral Home and in St Church with burial in St Cemetery Bernarda Tallarita ENIELD Conn Bernarda (Colca) Tallarita 81 of 56 airview Ave retired 15 year seamstress for Rainbow Coat Co Springfield Mass died riday in St rancis Hospital Medical Center Hartford Born in Bisaquino Sicily she lived in Enfield 53 years She was a communicant of St Church and member of St Joseph Society Auxiliary She leaves two sons Vito and Patrick A both of Enfield a daughter Angelina LaValley of Springfield two broth ers Gregory of Enfield and Ber pardo Colca of Sicily nine grand children and five great grandchildren The funeral will be Monday morning at Leete Stevens Enfield Chapels South Road and in the church with burial in St King Street Ceme tery Donations may be made to the Diabetes oundation 170 Oakwood Ave West Hartford 06119 or the Enfield Cimmunity Ambulance und PO Box 220 Enfield 06082 DESTEANO In lemington New Jersey September 30 Vincent A DeS tefano 31 of Cratetown Road Lebannon New Jersey Hus band Of Mrs Jean Ann (Gra zious) DeStefano ather of Richard and David Son of Vin cent and Lillian (Gebo) DeS tefano Brother of Mrs Patricia Pacosa uneral Monday morn ing at the Ratell uneral Home at 10:15 am followed by a lituragy of Christian burial In Immaculate Conceptton Church at 11 Burial will be in St Aloy sius Cemetery Indian Orchard Visiting hours Sunday 2 4 and 7 9 Memorial contribu tions may be made to the Immaculate Conception Church Center Plans lea Market tody she said The court proceedings involve only the custody not whether her life support system should be disconnected Short Life Expectancy Ms Watkins said babies with impairments such as have a life expectancy of three to six months but some can live consider ably longer with proper care WARSAW Poland (AP) Soli darity leader Lech Walesa says he does not know what happened to $1 million in Western prize money awarded him but denies the com munist claims that he kept the money for his per sonal use money is Solidarity money It belongs to every person in Walesa said in an interview with ABC television network know where the money is except for a Swedish award which is in Poland in a bank The interview was taped Thurs day and made available to The Associated Press on riday Treasure Hunt PROVOST Died in Creston Iowa Septem ber 28 1983 Elizabeth Ella Pro vost formerly of 1502 Dwight St Holyoke uneral will be Monday at 11 am at the Edward Day uneral Home 134 Chestnut St Holyoke Bur ial will in orestdale Cemetery Calling hours at the uneral home are Sunday 2 4 and 7 9 Activities Set or Seniors COUCHIATIS In Springfield September 30 1983 Catherine Couchiaftis 71 of 67 Maryland St wife of James Couchiaftis uneral In the Greek Orthodox Cathe dra! of St George Monday at II a Calling hours at the Dickinson Streeter uneral Home 305 State St Saturday 7 to 9 and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Interment Oak Grove Cemetery SAN JOSE Costa Rica (AP) A West German fortune seeker with two assistants who claim to be clairvoyant and metal detec tors will be able to search for buried treasure on a tiny Pacific isle 300 miles off the Costa Rican coast Klaus Heindrich Heydorn signed a contract riday with the Agriculture Ministry permitting him to search Coco Island for a legendary treasure supposedly buried there by Henry Morgan the 17th Century Welsh pirate A chest of gold and jewels that Morgan plundered from Spanish governors in Peru and Panama is said to be buried on Coco 326 miles off Costa Pacific port of Puntarenas Carstens Visit BOISE Idaho (AP) Adoption offers trickled in for a 5 day old girl born without most of her brain and found bruised cold and abandoned in a restroom trash can as right to life groups moved to make sure the treatment is continued The infant named Baby Ashley by child welfare workers was three months premature and born with just a brain stem said Dr Margaret Watkins Because she is missing 85 percent of the brain she never will be capable of anything but minimal functions such as breathing Ms Watkins said She also suffers from respiratory problems common to premature infants with underdeveloped lungs and is on a respirator She was listed in critical condition today at St Regional Medical Center in Boise With police unable to find Ash mother the state has been granted temporary custody and fur ther hearings to determine perma nent custody were to be held next week Born in Restroom Stall Ashley born Monday in a res troom stall at Boise State Univer Science Education Building was dumped in the trash can and covered with paper towels to hide her The 2 pound infant later was found when students heard her cries Her plight stirred several offers of adoption before her extraordi nary abnormality became known Thursday said state Health and Welfare officials and a few inquiries still arrived riday as well as more offers of money and cloth ing for the abandoned infant permanent custody will be decided by the courts and it is expected she will continue as a ward of the state Her doctor Ms Wat kins may submit a recommendation about her future care Lindy High a Health and Welfare Department spokeswoman said riday All the standard procedures in cases of homeless children were in effect Mrs High said A closed pre hearing conference will be held Monday and a judge would hold a hearing later in the week on cus itchell Halgas Shoemaker SENEZ Of West Springfield September 28 George Senez 89 of 45 Irving St Beloved father of George A Laurent Edmund Irene Morin Esther Momnie Cecile Drapeau Brother of Marie Anne Grand father of 29 Great grandfather 45 uneral will be Saturday at 9AM at the Toomey O'Brien uneral Home followed by ser vices at 10AM at St Louis Church Burial in St Thomas Cemetery Calling hours are riday 2 4 and 7 8PM David Ziter 75 Worker Many Years for Armory NIH to Spend $3 Million On 4 Year Study of AIDS BACHAND In lorida September 30 1983 Grace (Mooney) Bachand 78 of 1359 Mayvlower Drive Day tona Beach formerly of Leeds uneral 8:15 am Monday at the George Reynolds uneral Home in Northampton followed by a lituragy of Chris tian burial in St Catherine's Church in Leeds at 9 a with burial in St Mary's Cemetery Calling hours at the funeral home are Sunday from 2 to 4 and7to9pm A Ziter 75 of 35 Copley 'Terrace Springfield retired plant payout man for Hamilton Standard Lucille Killoh of Westboro and Division oi uni tea Technologies Corp Windsor Locks Conn died riday in Mercy Hospital He retired in 1973 and previously worked many for the oldSpringfield Armory XA lifelong resident of this city he was a communicant of St Maronite Church and member of its Club and charter member of the Lebanese American Club He leaves his wife the former Anna Ziemba 90 Ran Service Station LOVING In memory of Anthony Lov ing who parted this life October 1 1979 Today I smiled and ail at once Toca else A gift of hope! had Today I sang a little song And felt my heart grow light And walked a happy little mile With not a cloud In sight As we remember days spent with you BOUDREAU In Holyoke Sept 28 George Boudreau Sr 80 of 16 Brittany Road South Hadley Husband of Wilma (Zlogar) Boudreau uneral Saturday at 8 am from the Ryder uneral Home followed by a liturgy of Chris tian burial at 9 in St Patrick's Church with burial in St Rose Cemetery all In South Hadley Calling hours are Thursday 7 9 pm and riday2 4and7 9pm CAARO In Springfield September 29 Carmela (Grimaldi) (Bassy) Cafaro 80 of 88 Somerset St mother of Emilio Bassy and Eva Phaneuf sister of Savino Giovanni and Carlo Grimaldi uneral Saturday at 9:30 from rank orastiere 4 Sons uneral Home 45 Locust St with a Mass in Mount Carmel Church at 10:30 a Burial in St Michaels Cemetery Visiting hours riday 2 to 4 and 1 to 9 Abandoned Baby Severely Disabled Shirley oster HOLYOKE Shirley (Delaney) oster 58 of 86 Allyn St a aide for Buckley Manor Nursing Home died riday in Holyoke Hos pital after a short illness Born in Northampton she lived in Holyoke six years She was a communicant of St Polish National Catholic Church Northampton Her husband William oster died in 1974 She leaves three sons William Clifford and Donald all of lorida a daughter Donna Marie oster of Monson brother John Delaey of Springfield sister Evelyn Ortez of Holyoke and four grand children The funeral will be mon day morning at Czelusniak uneral Home and in the church with burial in Holy Trinity Cemetery Hatfield Esther A Thodal EAST LONGMEADOW Esther A (Rydstedt) Thodal 86 of 111 Pleasant St died Thursday in a local nursing home She was a life long resident of East Longmeadow She was a former member of the St Lutheran Church and its Ladies Aid Society She leaves a sis ter in law Mamie Rydstedt and nephew Laurence Thodal both of East Longmeadow and two nieces Shirley Mason of Randolph Vt and Loretta Grebo of Summit NJ The funeral will be Saturday morning at Hafey East Longmeadow Chapels with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery Donations may be made to St Lutheran Church 181 Elm St Benjamin Goodwin Benjamin Goodwin 92 formerly of 101 Lowell St Springfield died riday in Springfield Municipal Hospital He was born in Georgia and had been a resident of this city for many years He leaves no near relatives Graveside services will be Monday morning in Oak Grove Cemetery State Street uneral Home is in charge of arrangements OSTER In Hciyoke Sept 30 Shirley Delaney) oster 58 of 86 Allyn Si Widow of William oster uneral services Monday from the Czelusiniak uneral Home of Holyoke af with lit urgy of Christian burial in St Valentine's Church at 10 Burial in Holy Trinity Cemetery Hat field Calling hours at the funral home Sunday 2 4 and 7 9 HALGAS IS Hospital September Chester Halgas 63 of 485 Center St Ludlow Hus band of Helen (Rachmaciel) Halgas and father of Carol Romaniak of Ludlow Sylvia Smohnski of Ludlow Brother of John Halgas of Ludlow and Angela Saczawa of Ludlow Grandfather of 4 He was a WWIl Purple Heart veteran Monday at 9 am at the Orchard funeral home 485 Main St Indian Orchard Henry Ochrymowicz Jr uneral Director followed by a Hturgy of Christian burial In Christ the King Church Ludlow at 10 am Burial will be in St Aloysius Cemetery Indian Orchard Calling hours are Sat urday 7 to 9 pm and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm Contribu tions may be made to the Lud low High School Memorial Scholarship und co the family Vincent A DeStefano 38 of Leb anon NJ overseas product man ager for American Telephone and Telegraph Co of Morris Plains NJ died riday in Hunterdon Medical Center lemington NJ Grace Bachand Retired rom Phone Company LALIBERTE Died in Leeds September 29 Ernest LaLiberfe 57 of 137 High St Holyoke uneral willbe Monday monrning at 8:45 at the Arthur Brunelle uneral Home 811 Chicopee St Willi mansett with a lituragy of Christian burial at 9:30 tn the Immaculate Conception Church Holyoke Burial will be Notre Dame Cemetery South Hadley Calling hours Saturday 7 9 pm and Sunday 2 4 and 7 9 pm POPE in Agawam September 29 1983 Charles Pope 89 of 1169 River Rd Apawam uneral at Dick inson Streeter uneral Home 305 State St Springfield Satur day at llam Calling hours at the uneral Home riday 7 to 9 Interment in Hillcrest Park Cemetery TALLARITA In St rancis Hospital Sept 29 Mrs Bena Bernarda (Colca) Tallarita 81 of 56 airview Ave Enfield Mother of Vito Patrick A Tallarita Mrs Raymond (Angelina) LaValley Sister of Gregory Bernardo Colca uneral Monday from the Leete Stevens Enfield Chapels 61 South Rd Enfield Liturgy of Christian burial 10am at St Patrick's Church Burial St Patrick's Kings St Cemetery Visiting hours Satur day 7 9 Sunday 2 4 7 9pm Memorial donations may be made to the Diabetes ounda tion 170 Oakwood Ave West Hartford CT 06119 or to the Enfield Community Ambulance und PO Box 220 Enfield CT 06082 THODAL Of East Longmeadow Septem ber 29 Esther A (Rydstedt) Thodal 86 of 111 Pleasant St Sis ter inlaw of Mamie Rydstedt of East longmeadow Aunt of Laurence Thodal of East Long meadow Shirley Mason of Ran dolph Vt and Loretta Grebo of Summit NJ Great Aunt of many nieces and nephews uneral Saturday at 11am in the Hafey East Longmeadow Chapels 120 Shaker Road with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery There are no calling hours Memorial donations may be made in her name to St Paul's Lutheran Church 181 Elm St East Longmeadow MA01028 ZITER In Springfield September 30 David A Ziter 75 of 35 Copley Terrace Husband of Nancy (Earthbany) Ziter ather of Joseph Lucille Cynthia and brother of John Micheal and Donald two sisters Rose and Katherine The funeral will Monday at 9 am at the St Pierre 8 Son uneral Home corner of Chestnut and Chapin Ter with a lltyragy of Chris tian burial in St Anthony's church at 10:00 Burial in St Michael's Cemetery Calling hours are Saturday 7 9 and Sun day 2 4 and 7 9 pm BONN West Germany (UPI) West German President Karl Car stens will visit Washington Uni versity in St Louis next week despite objections by some fac ulty members to bis Nazi past a spokesman said riday program in America was said Carstens spokes man Detlef Diehl was invited by the university and he will go There is no reason why Carstens was scheduled to speak at the annual ounders Day dinner Oct 7 on his 12 day visit to the United States that begins Oct 3 Elizabeth Provost Longtime Member of Visiting Nurses HOLYOKE Elizabeth Pro vost 70 of Creston Iowa formerly of Dwight Street died Wednesday in Greater Community Hospital Creston She was a former registered nurse for Holyoke Visiting Nurses Association retiring in 1975 after 42 years with the association Born in Hnlyoke she lived here most of her life and in Iowa four years She attended local schools and graduated from Holyoke Hospi LACY In loving memory of DARLENE TRIPLETT LACY who passed away Oct 1 1976 tn our home she Is fondly remembered Sweet memories cling to her name Those who loved her in life sincerely Still love her in death ust the same Sadly missed by her ather Mark Daughter Shomari and Sisters LACY In loving memory of DARLENE TRIPLETT LACY who passed away Oct 1 1976 I dream of you dear loved one And see your smiling face And know that you are happy in your ather's chosen place Sadly missed by Grandparents and Aunt Lorraine.

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